Snatch - actors, characters and roles
All actors and their roles in the film "Snatch"
Snatch (2000)
Timing:
1:43 (103 min)
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Actors and characters
Charles Cork
Character MC
Trevor Steedman
Character Bomber Harris
Eric Meyers
Character Avi's Colleague
Jason Buckham
Character Gary
Mickey Cantwell
Character Liam
Nicola Collins
Character Alex
Teena Collins
Character Susi
James Cunningham
Character Horrible Man
Mickey Dee
Character Jack The All Seeing Eye
Sid Hoare
Character Reuben
Ronald Isaac
Character Referee
Chuck Julian
Character Michael
Jason Ninh Cao
Character Charlie
Paul O'Boyle
Character Patrick
Jimmy Roussounis
Character Paulie
Sidney Sedin
Character Pauline
Yuri Stepanov
Character Himy
Peter Szakacs
Character Sausage Charlie
John Taheny
Character Salt Peter
Mick Theo
Character Mad Fist Willy
Andy Till
Character John The Gun
Scott Welch
Character Horace 'Good Night' Anderson
Michael Hughes
Character Gypsy Man
Liam McMahon
Character Gypsy Man
Liam Donaghy
Character Gypsy Kid
Joe Williams
Character Gypsy Kid
John Farnell
Character Brick Top's Henchman
Shaun Pearson
Character Brick Top's Henchman
Dean Smith
Character Brick Top's Henchman
Roy Snell
Character Brick Top's Henchman
Tim Faraday
Character Policeman
Andrew Shield
Character Policeman
Elwin 'Chopper' David
Character Boxer (uncredited)
Alex Andreas
Character Pikey Man (uncredited)
Sol Campbell
Character Bouncer (uncredited)
Tom Delmar
Character Thug with Head Crushed in Door (uncredited)
Christopher Fosh
Character Bricktop's Henchman (uncredited)
John Hathaway
Character Bricktop's Barman (uncredited)
Tim Packham
Character Gypsy Man (uncredited)
Peter Rnic
Character Irish Traveller (uncredited)
Matthew Burlem
Character Jewish Lad at Diamond Shop (uncredited)
Arnold Montey
Character Man Reading Newspaper (uncredited)
Tony Tang
Character Patrick (uncredited)
Susie Valerio
Character Pikey Peggy (uncredited)
What's left behind the scenes
- Brad Pitt is a big fan of the film "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" (1998). After meeting Guy Ritchie, Brad asked him for a role in his next film. Pitt received the role of Mickey the Gypsy after it became clear he couldn't convincingly imitate a London accent.
- Ed, who played Tyrone, came to the film set looking for work as a security guard. After Guy Ritchie saw him, he immediately offered him the role of Tyrone.
- To maintain order on the set, Guy Ritchie introduced a peculiar system of fines, including penalties for ringing mobile phones, lateness, sleeping on the job, talking, and expressing dissatisfaction...
- Rumor has it that Guy Ritchie paid $1 million for the use of Madonna’s song “Lucky Star.”
- Almost all the idiotic situations that Sol, Vincent, and Tyrone get into are based on real events: Guy Ritchie borrowed them from documentary television programs about the most absurd crimes.
- In the US, they wanted to change the film's title to "Snatched" or "Snatch'd".
- The word "fuck" is said 153 times in the film.
- Due to the small budget, the producers couldn't afford to hire the necessary extras for the boxing match scene. Each time the camera changed angle, the extras had to move around to create the effect of a huge crowd at the match.
- A literal translation of the original title is "Robbery".
- The British version of the film is 104 minutes long, while the American version is 102 minutes long.
- Upon learning from Guy Ritchie that he was to play a boxer, Brad Pitt became worried. He had just finished filming David Fincher's "Fight Club" (1999), and the prospect of playing a similar role did not appeal to him at all. But Pitt was so eager to work with Guy Ritchie that he agreed anyway.
- The character played by Brad Pitt, and his unintelligible speech, were Guy Ritchie's response to critics who complained about the distinctly London accent of the characters in his first feature film, "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" (1998). The director deliberately made the speech of 'Gypsy' Mickey so incomprehensible that he could not be understood by either the audience or even other characters in the film.
- According to commentary available on the DVD, it was very difficult to work with the first dog brought in for filming. During a scene with Vincent, Sol and Tyrone in the car, it attacked Lennie James and bit him in the groin, fortunately without any lasting consequences. After this incident, the dog was replaced.
- The role of Brick was initially offered to Sean Connery. The actor liked the script and even decided to watch "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" (1998). Producer Matthew Vaughn urgently arranged a screening for Connery. Connery came, watched the film, and then said, "Good film." After which, in a tragic whisper, he added, "But you can't afford me." In the end, Alan Ford played Brick.
- Actor Jason Fleming jokingly said that the conditions on the set were so unbearable that activists from the human rights organization "Amnesty International" picketed Brad Pitt's trailer, claiming it was unfit for human habitation.
- One of the boxers is called Harris the Bomber. The same nickname was borne by Arthur Harris, head of Bomber Command of the Royal Air Force during World War II. A certain Colin 'Bomber' Harris, a man who fought himself, appeared in a special German edition of the British comedy group "Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus" in 1971.
- Dave Courtney was offered the role of Brick.
- When Mickey tells Turkish about the new camper van for his mother, he particularly emphasizes that the trailer should be a pale blue color. In "Psycho" (1960), we learn that Norman Bates helped choose a dress of the same color for his dead mother. Mickey, like Norman, is also, albeit indirectly, responsible for his mother's death.
- In one scene, Vinnie Jones hits a man on the head with his car door. Tom Delmar, the stunt coordinator and stunt arranger, volunteered to play the role of the victim. He did the same in the film "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" (1998), directed by Guy Ritchie.
- In one scene, Boris the Blade pulls a butcher's knife from under his jacket. Soap did the same in the film "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" (1998).
- Guy Ritchie can be spotted in the bar when Doug the Head refuses to buy precious stones: the man reading a newspaper in the corner of the bar is Guy Ritchie.
- Tim Maurice-Jones (cinematographer) played the man whom Four-Fingers (Benicio Del Toro) hits on the head several times during the robbery scene. In “Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels” (1998), where Tim was also the cinematographer, he played the man whom Barry the Baptist (Lenny McLean) drowns at the very beginning of the film.
- In Guy Ritchie’s previous film, “Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels” (1998), there is a scene of conversation between Harry, Barry, and Chris. Barry says, “No, Harry, you can’t,” after which Chris repeats the same phrase, and then Chris and Barry repeat it together. A similar joke is found in “Snatch,” when Alex and Suzie first separately, and then together, repeat the phrase “yes, Dad, you told us.”
- Throughout the opening credits, the robbers discuss the Virgin Mary. This episode is very similar to the opening scene from “Reservoir Dogs” (1991), where the discussion revolved around Madonna's song “Like a Virgin.”
- During the phone call between Four-Fingers and Avi's cousin, Four-Fingers changes into four different outfits.
- Mully tells Tony that the bookmaker was robbed by Vinny and Sol, who own a pawn shop on Smith Street. This street is located in Chelsea, a luxurious district of London.
- The film's title is mentioned only once, when Vinny, handing a squeaky toy to a dog, says: “Don't Snatch!”
- When filming the scene where Vinny and Sol are sitting in a car near Brick Top’s betting shop, and Tony – with a bullet in his teeth – approaches them, Vinnie Jones was absent from the set because he was in a police station at that very time, due to a fight he’d started the night before filming.
- The following episodes were removed from the film: In a scene where, in the back room of the pawn shop, Benicio Del Toro’s character – Frankie Four Fingers – sits with a kettle cover on his head, he is allowed to take it off to open the case. He manages to briefly deceive three Black bandits by pulling a gun out of the case instead of a diamond. He falls along with the chair to which he was handcuffed and drops the gun. An episode in which Tony with a bullet in his teeth (Vinnie Jones) urinates on Errol, while Cousin Avi yells at Errol’s boss – Brick Top – about being given a fake instead of a real diamond.
- Lenny James, who played Sol, bruised his genitals from the recoil of a sawn-off shotgun while shooting at a wall. He finished the scene despite the pain, and those shots made it into the film.
- The film barely shows death. It almost always happens off-screen.
- As soon as the gong sounds, signaling the start of the fight between Mickey and the Bomber, the latter headbutts Mickey in the face. Mickey knocks his opponent to the floor with a single punch. This plot element was a tribute to Lenny McLean, nicknamed the Governor, who once knocked out 'Mad Gypsy' Bradshaw in a similar fashion. McLean played the role of Barry 'The Baptist' in Guy Ritchie's film *Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels* (1998). He died at the age of 49, less than a month before the film's premiere.
- 26 people die in the film.
- Vinnie Jones chases a dog with a knife, which has swallowed a diamond. In Dominic Sena's *Gone in 60 Seconds* (2000), his character is prevented from cutting open the stomach of a dog that has swallowed the car keys.
- In the mise-en-scène where Tony asks for a pint of 'black,' the bartender hands him a half-empty glass. He was about to pour the customer a full pint, but noticed approaching robbers.
- Tyrone drives a Rover SD1 Vitesse, the fastest rear-wheel drive car in this model range with a 3.5-liter eight-cylinder engine. Its production began in 1976 and ended in 1986. The car used in the film had undergone some restyling. This vehicle was extremely popular with both police officers and criminals. Moreover, when the car was discontinued, some police officers bought used models for official use. Various engines were offered for it, including 2.3 and 2.6-liter six-cylinder engines, and also 2.4-liter turbocharged diesel engines (which were considered, as they say now, innovative in the 1980s). Eventually, the car was removed from the production line, and the design was sold to an Indian company. It was rebranded and reappeared on the market under the Standard 2000 brand.
- In the scene of Boris Britva's murder (in the corridor with the fire exit), no powder gases are visible emerging from the barrel of the Desert Eagle during the second shot, although the sound is present.
- In the scene of Boris Britva's murder, Tony fires 8 shots from the Desert Eagle through the wall, after which he runs out of ammunition. This is understandable given that he reloads. He then fires another 8 shots, and again runs out of ammunition on the ninth. However, later, in the scene with the dog, Avi, using Tony's pistol, manages to fire as many as 12 shots from it without reloading.
- Filming took place from October 18 to December 12, 1999.
- A literal translation of the original title is “Robbery”.
- Upon learning from Guy Ritchie that he was to play a boxer, Brad Pitt became worried. He had just finished filming David Fincher’s “Fight Club” (1999), and the prospect of playing a similar role didn’t appeal to him at all. But Pitt was so eager to work with Guy Ritchie that he agreed anyway.
- The personality of the character played by Brad Pitt, and his unintelligible speech, were Guy Ritchie’s response to critics who complained about the strong London accent of the characters in his first feature film, “Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels” (1998). The director deliberately made the speech of Mickey “The Gypsy” so incomprehensible that neither the audience nor even other characters in the film could understand him.
- The role of Brick was initially offered to Sean Connery. The actor liked the script and even decided to watch “Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels” (1998). Producer Matthew Vaughn urgently arranged a screening for Connery. Connery came, watched the film, and then said: “Good film.” After which, he added in a tragic whisper: “But you can’t afford me.” In the end, Alan Ford played Brick.
- Actor Jason Fleming jokingly said that the conditions on set were so unbearable that activists from the human rights organization “Amnesty International” picketed Brad Pitt’s trailer, claiming it was unfit for human habitation.
- One of the boxers is called Bomber Harris. The same nickname was borne by Arthur Harris, head of Bomber Command of the Royal Air Force during World War II. In a special German edition of the British comedy group “Monty Python’s Flying Circus” in 1971, there appeared a Colin “Bomber” Harris, a man who fought with himself.
- In one scene, Vinnie Jones hits a man on the head with his car door. Tom Delmar, the stunt coordinator and stunt arranger, volunteered to play the victim. He did the same in the 1998 film “Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels” directed by Guy Ritchie.
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